Remove etc/GNUS-NEWS (bug#34662)

It is not relevant since Gnus stopped being distributed separately.
* etc/GNUS-NEWS: Remove this generated file.
* etc/NEWS.26: Relocate an entry mistakenly added to GNUS-NEWS.
* doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi (Gnus Maintenance Guide):
No longer mention GNUS-NEWS.
* doc/misc/gnus-news.el: Remove.
* doc/misc/gnus-news.texi: Update a comment.
* lisp/Makefile.in (update-gnus-news): Remove this phony target.

3 files changed, 1 insertions, 125 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
index 95544628f79..f3e96a0cb63 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
@@ -362,14 +362,6 @@ such multiple commits, like whitespace differences, and unify those ;-).
 
 @section Miscellanea
 
-@heading @file{GNUS-NEWS}
-
-The @file{etc/GNUS-NEWS} is created from
-@file{doc/misc/gnus-news.texi}.  Don't edit @file{etc/GNUS-NEWS}.
-Edit @file{doc/misc/gnus-news.texi}, type @command{make
-update-gnus-news} in the @file{lisp} directory and commit
-@file{etc/GNUS-NEWS} and @file{doc/misc/gnus-news.texi}.
-
 @heading Conventions for version information in defcustoms
 
 For new customizable variables introduced in Oort Gnus (including the
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-news.el b/doc/misc/gnus-news.el
deleted file mode 100644
index c90269fffef..00000000000
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-news.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-;;; gnus-news.el --- a hack to create GNUS-NEWS from texinfo source
-;; Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-;; Author: Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
-;; Keywords: tools
-
-;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
-;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-;; (at your option) any later version.
-
-;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-;;; Commentary:
-
-;;; Code:
-
-(defvar gnus-news-header-disclaimer
-"GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-
-Copyright (C) 1999-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-See the end of the file for license conditions.
-
-Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
-For older news, see Gnus info node \"New Features\".\n\n")
-
-(defvar gnus-news-trailer
-"
-* For older news, see Gnus info node \"New Features\".
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-This file is part of GNU Emacs.
-
-GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-\(at your option) any later version.
-
-GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-\nLocal variables:\nmode: outline
-paragraph-separate: \"[         ]*$\"\nend:\n")
-
-(defvar gnus-news-makeinfo-command "makeinfo")
-
-(defvar gnus-news-fill-column 80)
-
-(defvar gnus-news-makeinfo-switches
-  (concat " --no-headers --paragraph-indent=0"
-          " --no-validate" ;; Allow unresolved references.
-          " --fill-column=" (number-to-string
-                             (+ 3 ;; will strip leading spaces later
-                                (or gnus-news-fill-column 80)))))
-
-(defun batch-gnus-news ()
-  "Make GNUS-NEWS in batch mode."
-  (let (infile outfile)
-    (setq infile (car command-line-args-left)
-          command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)
-          outfile (car command-line-args-left)
-          command-line-args-left nil)
-    (if (and infile outfile)
-        (message "Creating `%s' from `%s'..." outfile infile)
-      (error "Not enough files given."))
-    (gnus-news-translate-file infile outfile)))
-
-(defun gnus-news-translate-file (infile outfile)
-  "Translate INFILE (texinfo) to OUTFILE (GNUS-NEWS)."
-  (let* ((dir (concat (or (getenv "srcdir") ".") "/"))
-         (infile (concat dir infile))
-         (buffer (find-file-noselect (concat dir outfile))))
-    (with-temp-buffer
-      ;; Could be done using 'texinfmt' stuff as in 'infohack.el'.
-      (insert
-       (shell-command-to-string
-        (concat gnus-news-makeinfo-command " "
-                gnus-news-makeinfo-switches " " infile)))
-      (goto-char (point-max))
-      (delete-char -1)
-      (goto-char (point-min))
-      (save-excursion
-        (while (re-search-forward "^   \\* " nil t)
-          (replace-match "\f\n* ")))
-      (save-excursion
-        (while (re-search-forward "^        \\* " nil t)
-          (replace-match "** ")))
-      (save-excursion
-        (while (re-search-forward "^     " nil t)
-          (replace-match "")))
-      ;; Avoid '*' from @ref at beginning of line:
-      (save-excursion
-        (while (re-search-forward "^\\*Note" nil t)
-          (replace-match " \\&")))
-      (goto-char (point-min))
-      (insert gnus-news-header-disclaimer)
-      (goto-char (point-max))
-      (insert gnus-news-trailer)
-      (write-region (point-min) (point-max) outfile))))
-
-;;; gnus-news.el ends here
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-news.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-news.texi
index 9bf8d190416..707c6dd4104 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-news.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-news.texi
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 @c    carry prominent notices stating who last changed them.
 
 @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus.  It is supposed to be
-@c included in 'gnus.texi'.  'GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from
-@c this file (see 'gnus-news.el').
+@c included in 'gnus.texi'.
 
 @itemize @bullet